Street-car fender.



.'J. F. G'UYN. STREET GAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED O0'T.412, 1912.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

movement with the motion of the car.

JOSHUA F. GUYN, OFvTHOROFARE, 'NEW JERSEY.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Dec. 16, T913.

Application led October 12, 1,912. Serial- No. 725,391.

To all v'1l/'hom' it may Concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA'F. GUYN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thorofare, in the co-unty of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street- Car Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fenders adapted for use in connection with street cars an other vehicles for preventing the loss of life of persons overtaken by the car or vehicle.

The invention has for one of its objects to' improve and simplify the construction and operation. of devices of this character so as to be reliable and efficient in use, composed of few parts, and 'capable of being readily applied to the vehicle with no material alteration therein.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a fender having a novel form of web which forms the bottom of the scoop structure of the fender, the purpose in view being simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and the minimizing o injuryto a person caught in the fender by reason of the web being formed of light resilient strips covered by pneumatic cushions or cells.

Another object of the invention is the provision of simple means for holding the fender in operative position without renden. ing it liable to a swinging up and down `With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement o parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claim appended hereto.

ln the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side view of the fender in applied position, only a portion of a car or vehicle being shown. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fender. Fig. 3is a detail view on l line 3--3, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views on lines L -4 and 5-5 of Fig. 2, respectively.

Similar .reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parte Athroughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, fr designates ,while the bowed slats are at right the fender, and B, the car to which the fender is applied, theaplatform l, front wheels 2, aXle 3 and wheel guard 4 of the car being the only parts shown. The fender is arranged at the front of the ,car in the usual manner and is carried by the platform 1 or any other suitable portion of the body of the car.

The fender B consists of side bars 5 which are connected by upper and lower horizontal bars 6v and 7, respectively, said bars forming a rectangular structure. The upper ends of the side bars 5 are attached by hinges 7' to the platform 1, either directly or by means of a strip or bar 8 which is itself fastened to the platform in any suit-- able manner. The rectangularcstructure of the fender supports a web which is composed of a series of bowed slats 9 and'cross slats 10, the latter extending parallel with the upper and lower cross lbars 6 and 7, angles thereto. Both series of slats are preferably made of oak and are of such thinness and width as tx) be resilient so as to give or vield when a person or object is caught up by the fender. rhe upper ends of the slats 9 are fastened to the top bar G, as shown in Fig. 8. by being fastened between the bar 6 and the cross slats l0 suitablyY secured in place. The lower ends of the slats 9 are fastened to the bottom bar 7, as shown in Fig. 5, there being overlying strips 11 and 1Q fastened to the oars 7 so as to firmly hold the slats 9 in place.

The side bars 5 have secured thereto a frame structure 13 which carries a wire or other netting 14: so as to coperate with the web of the fender to form a scoopelike construction whereby an object caught up by the fender will be retained.

In order to minimize injury to a person vcaught in the fender. pneumatic cushioning means. in the form of sectional cells or cushions 15, are provided on the forward surface of the web. These sections extend from side to side of the fender and each covers a plurality of horizontal cross slats 10 to which the sections or cells are cemented or other wise fastened. These sections or cells may be connected 'together as by tubular conuections '16, and the air may be supplied to them. by means of a nipple 17 to which au ordinary air pump can be attached. On lthe hottom bar Tis an independent air cell or cushion 18 having a nipple 19, and the side bars and vat the same time for preventing the fender from swinging upwardly, consists merely of sin le chains 21 which are shown at each end o the fender. These chains have their upper ends anchored at22 on the'car platform or on the fastening bar' or plate 8, .while the lower ends ofthe chainsjareconnected by snap hooks 23 with eyes or rings 24v on the ends 'of the. front ban?. The

lquently,' objectionable j olting4 and iioisecom--1 points of attachment of'the upper ends of the chains ,are eccentric to the' hinges 7 ,tosuch an extent thatthel fender cannot be raised onthehinges as 'an'V a'xisj'as long as the chains -QI-,areattachedto the 'front ofthe fender. forward 4swingingmovement Y'of the-fender tends to lengthen thechains, but. since the latter are non-'extensiblev Vt-he'A fender; cannot swing upwardly; conse-hI .mon 1n some ,typesl offenders ispositively avoided by the single chainswhich .combine withlthesuspension feature-fa bracing'effet. When the fen'der is to bezraised'to inopera tive-position, it is merely necessary to detach the chains from the fender-'gend swing 'the' latter upwardly on its hinges, suitable means being provided for retainingl the: fender in opies of vuns patfnt' 'meer 'be obtained."'fo-rf vcilnts each, by addressing the oommssonere Patents,

itnesses: v l Froln Vthe foregbmgdescription, taire-:n in @Qllllectionwth the accompanying drawing.' I

vthe advantages of they construction 'and of the method ofoperat'ion .will be readily apparent to'those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together withthe device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, is

In a car fender, an attaching horizontal b ar, a scoop embodying triangular side frames hinged to said attaching bar,` front and-rear cross bars fastened to said side said cross bars, parallel slats extending crosswisejofsaid bows and fastened thereto7 and hold down chains having their forward ends connected to the front corners of said frame and theirrear ends' connected to said attaching vbar below the aXis on which the frame is hinged to the. attaching bar, said chains being detachable at one end.

In testimony whereof IafiiX my signaturewitnesses.

JOSHUA F. GUYN.

in presence' of two 

